We've been studying numbers and looking at words which show their meaning through a number. We've used our knowledge of French and other languages to help us. Here are some 2 examples - have a look at our pages to see some more of our favourites.
Cargoes
John Masefield
Quinquiremeof Nineveh from distant Ophir
Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine,
With a cargo of ivory,
And apes and peacocks,
Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.
A quinquireme was a Roman ship which had 5 rows of oars - in Greek they were called penteres (can you think of any words in English to do with 5 which have pent in them? They were the original heavy warships, until polyremes were built. You could also have triremes and quadriremes.
(Source: wikipedia)
Cargoes
John Masefield
Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir
Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine,
With a cargo of ivory,
And apes and peacocks,
Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.
A quinquireme was a Roman ship which had 5 rows of oars - in Greek they were called penteres (can you think of any words in English to do with 5 which have pent in them? They were the original heavy warships, until polyremes were built. You could also have triremes and quadriremes.
(Source: wikipedia)